The Latest
Moveable Feast 2023
Open House Celebration
Countdown To Saint Paul
Open Arms Featured By Strong Enough Journalism
Open Arms Thanksgiving Efforts Featured on KARE 11
What We Offer
Medically Tailored Meals
Convenient Home Deliveries
Nutrition
Support
HEALTHY
Ingredients
Care for
Clients & FAmiLy
A Community of Kindness & Love
FY 2021 By The Numbers
3,757
clients, caregivers and dependents served with our nourishing meals
794k
medically tailored meals cooked and delivered to our clients
62k
hours of time donated by 6,600 volunteers, equaling ~30 employees
3,726
donors supported our neighbors living with life-threatening illnesses
To better serve our diverse community of clients, Open Arms created a Cultural Meals Program in 2022 to develop accessible, culturally appropriate meals to serve Hmong, Latinx, and East African clients who are disproportionately impacted by life-threatening illnesses and critical health issues. We recently hired three culinary consultants (one from each community) to provide culturally appropriate recipes that reflect their communities, educate staff about cultural meals and preparation, and …
If you are looking for a reason to join the Open Arms delivery party, look no further! We're always looking for more volunteer delivery drivers to bring #medicallytailoredmeals to our neighbors with life threatening illnesses and critical health issues. Interested? Email [email protected]
#volunteer #foodismedicine
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Help us package and deliver #medicallytailoredmeals for our neighbors with life threatening illnesses and make some new friends in the process! We have lots of open volunteer shifts this week at both of our kitchens. Use the link in our bio and select "Volunteer At Open Arms!" to learn more about our volunteer opportunities.
Here's our biggest needs for the week:
Tuesday, March 21
• Bakery (MPLS) – 11am-1pm
• Meal Packaging (MPLS) –…
Our next topic to help you #FuelForTheFuture is to eat a variety of foods from all the food groups. Eating a variety of fruits, vegetables, proteins, grains, and fats can help us fuel our bodies with the nutrients we need! When it comes to fruits and vegetables, have you ever heard the phrase “eat the rainbow”? This phrase encourages you to eat different colors of fruits and vegetables as they’ll give our bodies different nutrients. Fun fact: orange foods like carrots, sweet potatoes, and …
Happy St. Patrick's Day from Open Arms! Our volunteers and staff are celebrating by wearing green and chopping green vegetables.
Speaking of veggies, today is a great day to eat some leafy greens! They are a great source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber while also being low in calories.
Have a great weekend!
March is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month. MS is a disease that impacts the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves, which make up the central nervous system. The resulting damage to myelin disrupts signals to and from the brain and can cause unpredictable symptoms such as numbness, tingling, mood changes, memory problems, pain, fatigue, blindness, and or paralysis. Everyone’s experience with MS is different.
Open Arms is proud to serve #medicallytailoredmeals to people diagnosed…
On Tuesday, a group of Open Arms volunteers and staff attended #VolunteerismDay at the Minnesota State Capitol, organized by @MAVANetwork. We met with legislators to advocate for a bill designed to bring funds to nonprofits like Open Arms to build and expand effective volunteer engagement across Minnesota. We greatly appreciate MAVA's partnership and thank them for the ways they support #volunteerism through their policy work and trainings! #OpenArmsOnTheHill #mnleg
Happy Monday! We hope the sunshine is providing some much needed energy to all of you. Looking for something fun to fill your week with? We have lots of open shifts available in both of our kitchens. Please sign up for a shift on VolunteerHub (link in bio) and don't forget to take a cookie on your way out!
Here is a list of our biggest needs for this week:
Tue, 3/14:
• STP Kitchen
o 9-11am
o 11:30am-1:30pm
o 5-7pm
Wed, 3/15:
• STP …
Happy second week of #NationalNutritionMonth! Planning your meals and snacks goes along with our theme of #FuelForTheFuture. Making a weekly food plan can help keep you organized and help you save money. Here are a few tips for making a successful plan!
1. Set aside a couple hours one day per week to make your plan and grocery shop
2. Choose the snacks and recipes you want to have that week
3. Check your fridge and pantry to see what ingredients you already have
4. Make a …
We're back with more health-ful tips from our nutrition team! A great way to eat with the environment in mind is to grow your own food at home. It's a fun and cost-saving way to add more plant-based foods to your diet. Check out this reel to learn more about it! #FuelForTheFuture #nationalnutritionmonth
Text caption: Start by choosing a location that gets at least 6 hours of sunlight. Be creative with the size and type of containers you use (5-gallon buckets, terra cotta or …
Today is #WorldKidneyDay, a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys. People with kidney disease are among the most vulnerable in the population due to their ongoing need for consistently coordinated care which is often lifelong and involves complex ongoing treatment. Open Arms is proud to serve a kidney-friendly/renal menu to our clients living with kidney disease. Our renal menu includes meals that are high in protein with low to moderate amounts of …
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Today we celebrate the amazing women who make the Open Arms community such a diverse and inclusive place to work and volunteer at. Women make up well over half of our staff and most of our leadership team! This year's #IWD2023 theme is #EmbraceEquity. Getting an equal opportunity is not always enough. We all start in different places and our needs are not always the same. Much like the ways #medicallytailoredmeals help our clients living with varying life …
Today, we celebrate #NationalRegisteredDietitianDay by introducing our amazing Nutrition Team. They provide nutrition counseling to Open Arms clients at no cost! Our dietitians also collaborate with our chefs to ensure our menus meet client’s needs specific to their illnesses. Open Arms is proud to offer nutrition services in addition to the medically tailored meals we serve our clients each week. Stay tuned for more from the Nutrition Team as part of #NationalNutritionMonth.
Tomorrow is Hunger Day on the Hill! Several Open Arms staff and volunteers will be gathering with @HungerSolutionsMN and our neighbors at the MN state capitol to take part in the legislative process. We'll be advocating for food security for Minnesota families, investment in hunger-free schools, and support for local food sourcing. #HungerDay2023 serves as a great opportunity to fight for struggling Minnesotans and encourage our #mnleg lawmakers to pass meaningful legislation that addresses…
"I am so grateful for your services. I'd never even heard of Open Arms before my doctor referred me. To tell you the truth, I don't think I'd still be in my own home without your services. I wouldn't be able to handle it." – A Client of Open Arms
Our first #NationalNutritionMonth topic is eating with the environment in mind! Eating plant-based meals is one way to do this. Plant-based meals are more Earth-friendly as they require less resources and energy to produce than food made from animals. We invite you to check out this delicious plant-based recipe for overnight oats!
#FuelForTheFuture
Our CEO, Leah took over this social post to share a special message:
"Today is Employee Appreciation Day and it is my honor to work with a group of compassionate and talented colleagues who show up every day to work hard on behalf of our clients, our volunteers, our community of supporters, partners and friends. Our staff wakes up early and stays up late to ensure that our clients are cared for, they pay attention to every detail, and they are passionate about our mission. They are…
Looking for a fun way to spend an afternoon with your colleagues? Group volunteer opportunities are now available in both of our kitchens! Shifts are scheduled from 2:30-4:30pm and we can accommodate up to 15 people. We’ll also provide your group with an orientation beforehand to get everybody up to speed! Come with colleagues, your book group, your church, or friends. Providing medically tailored meals to our neighbors with life threatening illnesses takes a village, bring yours! Learn more …
March is here, which means we are celebrating #NationalNutritionMonth at Open Arms! This year’s theme is “Fuel for the future.” This month, our registered dietitians will be sharing nutrition tips and recipes to help us make healthy food choices and develop healthy eating habits to nourish ourselves and the environment!
Learn more about National Nutrition Month using the link in our bio!
#FoodIsMedicine #FuelForTheFuture
Our friends at @unfi spent yesterday afternoon packaging meals in our Minneapolis kitchen for our neighbors with life threatening illnesses. We are so grateful for the work they do to improve access to healthy medically tailored meals across Minnesota. Through their group shift along with a generous financial contribution, @unfi is actively helping us open our arms wider in growing our mission to provide food as medicine to nourish our clients and build community!
#FuelTheFuture …
